How Language Shapes Relationships in Professional Sports Teams: Power and Solidarity Dynamics in a New Zealand Rugby Team

ISBN-13: 9781350044241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

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List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. How Do Relationships Work in Professional Sports Teams? Investigating the Performance of Relationships through a Linguistic Lens 2. Introducing our Toolkit: Discourse Analytical Tools for Locating Relational Dynamics in Social Interaction 3. How Do Coaches Exercise Control over Players? Constructing Asymmetrical Power Relations through Language 4. Exercising Power through Questioning: How Coaches Use their Questions 5. How Does Power-Sharing Work? The Interactional Distribution of Power between Coach and Captain 6. Power Dynamics amongst Players: Establishing Flatter Social Structures in On-Field Problem Solving Talk 7. Bonding before Battle: How the Captain Fosters Togetherness and Belonging in Pre-Match Team-Talk Rituals 8. Maintaining Professional Distance in Interaction: The Nature of Solidarity between Coaches and Players 9. Criticism and Solidarity between Coach and Players: Variation in Critical Feedback Practices 10. Widening the Linguistic Lens: Identifying Cultural Belief Systems Underlying How Relationships Work in Professional Sports Teams Appendix 1: Technical Rugby Terms Explained Appendix 2: Contextual Information about Individuals in the Team References Index